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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
National Museum of Indian Cinema set to be inaugurated by PM on 19th January
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai on 19.1.2019. The state-of-the-art Museum, built at a cost of Rs. 140.61 crore,aims to take its visitors through an absorbing journey of over a century of Indian cinema in a story telling mode with the help of visuals, graphics, artifacts, interactive exhibits and multimedia expositions.
The creation of the Museum has been guided by the Museum Advisory Committee headed by Shri ShyamBenegal. An innovation Committee headed by Shri Prasoon Joshi was also constituted to provide an upgrade to NMIC.
The Museum is housed in two buildings – the New Museum Building and the 19th century historic palace Gulshan Mahal – in the Films Division campus in Mumbai.
The New Museum Building has four Exhibition Halls which encapsulate:
- Gandhi & Cinema: it not only depicts the movies made on the life Mahatma Gandhi but also showcases the deep impact his life had on cinema.
- Children’s Film Studio: it gives visitors, particularly children, an opportunity to explore the science, technology and art behind filmmaking. It offers hands on experience on various facets associated with making cinema like camera, light, shooting, experience of acting, etc. – presented in an interactive format. The exhibits displayed include chroma studio, immersive experience zone, stop-motion animation studio, virtual makeover studio, etc.
- Technology, creativity & Indian cinema: it showcases the creative use of technology by Indian film makers over the years to produce cinematographic impact on the silver screen.
- Cinema across India: it showcases the charismatic kaleidoscopic presence of the vibrant cinematographic culture across India.
Gulshan Mahal is an ASI Grade-II Heritage Structure which has been restored as part of the NMIC project. The displays present here showcase the journey of over a hundred years of Indian cinema. It is divided into 9 sections viz. The Origin of Cinema, Cinema comes to India, Indian Silent Film, Advent of Sound, The Studio Era, The impact of World War II, Creative Resonance, New Wave and Beyond and Regional Cinema.
President's Secretariat
President of India Addresses the 150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Sister Nivedita
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, graced and addressed the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Sister Nivedita organised by the Ramakrishna Mission in New Delhi today .
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that Swami Vivekananda was one of those who shaped our modern national consciousness. He rediscovered Indian values not only for us but for the world. He was a true cultural ambassador, as became so apparent during his visit to Chicago in 1893 for the Parliament of Religions.
The President said that Swami Vivekananda combined spiritualism and scholarship, idealism and practical thinking. His legacy is reflected in the Ramakrishna Mission, which is itself 120 years old and has grown from strength to strength. It has established an institutional rigour and a culture of enlightenment and integrity. This has allowed it to undertake social and public welfare programmes in very difficult conditions and locations.
The President said that the Ramakrishna Mission’s education and health-care initiatives, its schools and hospitals, can be found all over the country. In parts of the Northeast and in our frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh, the Ramakrishna Mission has been a pioneer institution. In Maoist-troubled Chhattisgarh, he had seen the dedication with which the Ramakrishna Mission has worked among very poor and underprivileged tribal communities in Narayanpur.
The President said that Indian culture and spiritualism have attracted people from other countries for centuries. Buddhist monks from China came to Nalanda. Today, the appeal of Yoga and of Vipasanna to people across the world – and the response to International Yoga Day – is another example. Sister Nivedita was part of this tradition, and came to India and to Swamiji for enlightenment. And yet she was different. She did not come and learn a little and leave. She learnt a lot – and stayed on. She made India her life’s mission. And though born in Ireland, she became an Indian nation builder.
Special Service and Features
Chennai South GST Commissionerate has realized Rs. 5412 crores tax revenue
Chennai South GST Commissionerate has realized Rs. 5412 crores tax revenue for the Financial Year 2021-22 which is an increase of Rs.1091 crores i.e. 25.24% when compared with Financial Year 2020-21 . The Chennai South GST Commissionerate has contributed 13.17%  of Tamil Nadu Zone Revenue of Rs. 41090 Crores in Financial Year 2021-22 while this Commissionerate had contributed 13.07%  of Tamil Nadu Zone revenie  in Financial Year 2021.
Chennai South GST Commissionerate has realized Cash Payments of Rs.1626.49 Crores in the current Financial Year 2022-23 upto the month of May 2022, which is Rs.531.72 Crores i.e. 48.56% more than the revenue realized in last financial year  for the same period. The Commissionerate gratefully acknowledge the stakeholders for achieving this milestone in post-covid era.
The commissionerate is actively giving services to Taxpayers through Timely GST Registrations, On-time Refunds, GST Seva Kendra, Bulk SMS, Outreach programs, Grievance Redressal sessions with special focus on MSME & Women entrepreneurs. In this Commissionerate, Artificial Intelligence is being actively implemented to track the tax evaders.
Chennai South GST Commissionerate has more then 30,000 Taxpayers under its jurisdiction. The major sectors constributing to its revenue are Motor Vehicles, Industrial tools & machinery, Courier services, Insurance services, Electrical & Electronics products and FMCG products, etc. This Commissionerate has realized Rs.5353.45 Crores in Cash set-ff and Rs.21737.86 in ITC set-off for the Financial Year 2021-22.
Chennai GST Audit-II Commissionerate was formed on July 01,2017 covering the jurisdiction of Executive Commissionerates of Chennai South & Outer. The audit of GST units was commenced during December, 2019 adhering to the principles and policies outlined in GST Audit manual 2019. During the year 2021-22  audit of 578 GST taxpayers was conducted and 3023 paras were raised involving a non-compliance detection of Rs.851.07 crores.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Petroleum Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan along with Education Minister Shri R P Nishank Lays Foundation Stone for New Facilities at Central University of Odisha
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today, along with Union Minister of Education, Shri Ramesh PokhriyalNishank laid the foundation stone for academic block, library and staff quarters at Central University of Odisha in Koraput.
Shri Pradhan congratulated the faculty and students and expressed happiness at CUO establishing itself as a premier centre for higher learning in Odisha.Talking about impetus given to higher education in Odisha, Shri Pradhan said, “PM Modi has always given a special focus on higher education in Odisha. Under his leadership, several premier institutes of learning like IIM, IIT, IISER, CIPET, NISER, ICT-IOCL have been established in Odisha.”
Speaking about National Education Policy, Shri Pradhan said, “New Education Policy will enable regionally rooted industry-academia-govt partnership for the holistic development of the region.Koraput is rich in tribal diversity and NEP2020 focusing on a broad-based and creative curricula will enable CUO to provide more opportunities for disadvantaged students and also promote research-based tribal and anthropological studies in Odisha.”
Shri Pradhan also encouraged students and faculty of CUO to undertake innovative efforts, leveraging agricultural research and entrepreneurship to find better and bigger markets for Koraput’s fantastic organic farmed products, such as the world- famous Koraput ginger. “CUO will lead Odisha and India onto the path of knowledge and be the torchbearers of an AatmaNirbharBharat”, he further added.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister Shri R P Nishank said “I am delighted to see the progress made by the institution in tuning its objectives and processes in accordance with the National Education Policy 2020.I am sure that the introduction of core science and new social science courses will add further quality dimensions to the existing faculties of CU Odisha.I am happy to note that the University is also embarking on a massive skill development program in 12 Districts of Odisha.I wish good luck to the faculty, students, and the administrative staff of CU Odisha on this happy occasion.”
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Ministry of Defence
Indigenisation of defence items with the Industry in full swing;
A user-friendly dashboard on SRIJAN portal to monitor & intensify indigenisation progress
In continuous pursuit to achieve self-reliance in defence manufacturing and minimise imports under ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, Department of Defence Production , Ministry of Defence has intensified the drive for indigenisation of defence items by its DPSUs. The progress is being reviewed on weekly basis by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar.
A comprehensive user-friendly ‘Dashboard’ on its SRIJAN Portal has been developed to monitor the status of progress of indigenisation. This dashboard enables real-time end-to-end updates of various activities being taken up by the respective DPSUs during the process of indigenisation. It provides transparent information, analytics and various customised reports to assess the performance of the DPSUs.
Relevant information like details of items to be indigenised, tentative order quantity, concerned DPSU, route of indigenisation to be adopted, details of in-charge Nodal Officer, details of expression of Interests, Requests for Proposal, project sanction order etc. have been kept in public domain to make it accessible to the industry.
The dashboard will be accessible by industry shortly. The industry partners can view the details on the dashboard and avail opportunity as per their capabilities in order to become partners in ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. Moreover, the Ministry will monitor the actions taken by the DPSUs through this dashboard. It is expected that the dashboard is likely to become a game changer to intensify the indigenisation process.
It may be mentioned that DDP had notified two Positive Indigenisation Lists in December 2021 and March 2022 in respect of DPSUs. The first list contains 2,851 items, out of which 2,500 items are already indigenised and 351 items are being indigenized. The second report notified 107 major Line Replacement Units/Sub-systems for indigenisation. These items pertain to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited , Bharat Electronics Limited , Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited , Hindustan Shipyard Limited , Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd , Goa Shipyard Limited , Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited , Munitions India Limited , Bharat Dynamics Limited  and Bharat Earth Movers Limited . The weekly review at the level of Defence Secretary and the monitoring through dashboard has resulted in substantial progress and the DPSUs are now getting good responses from the industry.
Out of 107 items, DPSUs have already issued Expression of Interest  for 98 items and the action is on for issuing EoIs for remaining nine items. Out of the 98 EoIs, 28 cases have already progressed in next stages and 70 EoIs are in active stage. The BEL has already issued five Project Sanction Orders  to the Industry for development of items under Make –II route. Further, 11 items, including nine items of AVNL and two items of GRSE, are in Prototype Design & Development stage under various routes.
Ministry of Defence
425 GENTLEMEN CADETS PASS OUT FROM INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY ON 12 JUNE 2021
425 Gentlemen Cadets of 148 Regular Course and 131 Technical Graduate Course, including 84 Gentlemen Cadets from nine friendly foreign countries passed out from the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, observing strict protocols of COVID-19. The Gentlemen Cadets displayed inspiring enthusiasm and zeal, and put up an excellent parade which was reviewed by Lt Gen RP Singh, General Officer Commanding in Chief of Western Command.
The Western Army Commander complimented the Instructors and Gentlemen Cadets for the excellent parade, immaculate turnout as well as the crisp, synergised drill movements indicating high standards of training and discipline imbibed by the young leaders. The Army Commander complimented and thanked the parents of the passing out course who had motivated their wards for having chosen such a noble profession to serve the Nation.
The entire ceremony was conducted with due COVID precautions, including wearing of masks, gloves and drill formations adapted to maintain requisite distance between files and columns while executing the drill movements over the Drill Square against the impressive backdrop of Chetwode building.
The ‘Pipping Ceremony’, which is traditionally done by the parents of the Gentlemen Cadets, was this time carried out by the staff and instructors while observing strict social distancing and personal protection protocols.
The Reviewing Officer presented the following awards:-
- The coveted Sword of Honour was awarded to Battalion Under Officer Mukesh Kumar.
- Gold Medal for the Gentleman Cadet standing First in the Order of Merit was awarded to Academy Under Officer Deepak Singh.
- Silver Medal for the Gentleman Cadet standing Second in the Order of Merit was awarded to Battalion Under Officer Mukesh Kumar.
- Bronze Medal for the Gentleman Cadet standing Third in the Order of Merit was awarded to Academy Cadet Adjutant Loveneet Singh.
- Silver Medal for the Gentleman Cadet standing First in the Order of Merit from Technical Graduate Course was awarded to Junior Under Officer Daksh Kumar Pant.
- Silver Medal for the Gentleman Cadet standing First in the Order of Merit from Foreign GCs was presented to Junior Under Officer Kinley Norbu.
- Chief of Army Staff Banner for standing Overall First amongst 16 Companies for the Spring Term 2021was awarded to Dograi Coy.
While being conducted in a scaled down format on account of prevailing COVID conditions, the Passing Out Parade retained its ceremonial grandeur. The Parade was earlier preceded by a solemn wreath laying ceremony at the Academy War Memorial in which the Academy remembered its 889 Bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice in service of the Nation through the years. All trainees committed themselves to follow the same path of bravery and selfless courage.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Cabinet approves developing of Affordable rental housing Complexes for urban migrants / poor
The Union Cabinetchaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for developing of Affordable Rental Housing Complexes  for urban migrants / poor as a sub-scheme under Pradhan MantriAwasYojana – Urban  by:
- existing vacant government funded housing complexes will be converted in ARHCs through Concession Agreements for 25 years. Concessionaire will make the complexes livable by repair/retrofit and maintenance of rooms and filling up infrastructure gaps like water, sewer/ septage, sanitation, road etc. States/UTs will select concessionaire through transparent bidding. Complexes will revert to ULB after 25 years to restart next cycle like earlier or run on their own.
- special incentives like use permission, 50% additional FAR/FSI, concessional loan at priority sector lending rate, tax reliefs at par with affordable housing etc. will be offered to private/ public entities to develop ARHCs on their own available vacant land for 25 years.
A large part of workforce in manufacturing industries, service providers in hospitality, health, domestic/commercial establishments, and construction or other sectors, labourers, students etc. who come from rural areas or small towns seeking better opportunities will be the target beneficiary under ARHCs.
An expenditure of Rs 600 Crore is estimated in the form of Technology Innovation Grant which will be released for projects using identified innovative technologies for construction. Approximately,three Lakh beneficiaries will be covered initially under ARHCs.
ARHCs will create new ecosystem in urban areas making housing available at affordable rent close to the place of work. Investment under ARHCs is expected to create new job opportunities. ARHCs will cut down unnecessary travel, congestion and pollution.
Government funded vacant housing stock will be converted into ARHCs for economically productive use. The scheme would create a conducive environment for Entities to develop AHRCs on their own vacant land which will enable new investment opportunities and promote entrepreneurship in rental housing sector.
Background:
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs  has initiated an Affordable Rental Housing Complexes  for urban migrants/poor as a sub-scheme under Pradhan MantriAwasYojana . The scheme was announced by the Hon'ble Finance Minister on 14 May, 2020. This scheme seeks to fulfill the vision of 'AtmaNirbhar Bharat.
COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive reverse migration of workers/ urban poor in the country who come from rural areas or small towns for seeking better employment opportunities in urban areas. Usually, these migrants live in slums, informal/ unauthorized colonies or peri-urban areas to save rental charges. They spend lot of time on roads by walking/ cycling to workplaces, risking their lives to cut on the expenses.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare under able leadership of Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh gets the First Prestigious Raj Bhasha Kirti Puraskar, 2022-23 in the category of Ministries/Departments
This is the second consecutive year wherein DoPPW headed by Secretary, V. Srinivas gets the honor of being the best performing Department with less than 300 employees
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare  under the leadership of Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions has been conferred the prestigious First Raj Bhasha Kirti Puraskar, 2022-23 in the category of Ministries/Departments with less than 300 employees. The award was presented by Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra, Minister of State to Shri Sanjiv Narain Mathur, Additional Secretary  who received the same on behalf of DoPPW in the glittering ceremony of Akhil Bhartiya Raj Bhasha Sammelan and Hindi Diwas Ceremony at Pune yesterday.
This is the second consecutive year wherein Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare headed by Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary , has received the honor of being the best performing Department in the category of Ministries/ Departments with less than 300 employees.
The Raj Bhasha Kirti Puraskar is a prestigious award conferred every year on a department which stands first among all the Ministries/Departments with less than 300 employees during the Akhil Bhartiya Raj Bhasha Sammelan and Hindi Diwas celebrations organized by the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs. A delegation comprising Smt. Manju Gupta, Assistant Director , Shri Anil Kumar Koiri and Shri Rajeshwar Sharma accompanied Shri Rajesh Kumar, Under Secretary and Shri Sanjiv Narain Mathur, Additional Secretary who represented the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare  in the Sammelan.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his Jayanti
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has paid his tributes to Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his Jayanti.
“Tributes to AtalJi on his Jayanti. We reiterate our commitment towards creating the India he dreamt of”, the Prime Minister said.
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Government convenes All Party Meeting on 17th September
Ahead of the Parliament Session, the ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has called a meeting with the floor leaders of the Political Parties on Sunday the 17th September, 2023 in the Parliament, New Delhi.
The Session of the Parliament is scheduled to be held from 18th September to 22nd September, 2023.
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Healthy body, stable mind, consensus are the essence of yoga Union Minister of State A. Narayanasamy
Healthy body, stable mind, consensus are the essence of yoga, says A . Narayanasamy Union Minister of State Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment of India. He was addressing the 8th International Yoga Day  event held at Mamallapuram Beach Temple today. He said Yoga is the combination of meditation, karma and devotion.
He quoted that with the great effort from Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi India's proudest traditional practice, yoga was recognized by the United Nations on December 11, 2014. With that United Nations has declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day. With this Prime Minister has made the world celebrate the wonderful art that has emerged in our Nation.
As we are celebrating its 75th year of independence, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Mass Yoga demonstrations are being organised at 75 iconic locations across the country, as part oth the celebrations of 8th IDY. In this regard, mass yoga demonstration is taking place in the world-famous Mamallapuram with the participation of a large number of people, he added. He said that yoga for humanity is the focus of this year's theme of International Yoga Day, adding that the aim of the theme is to create compassion, kindness, unity, physical health and mental health among the people.
PM Modi has been working tirelessly for the past eight years for the country. Minister said yoga is the secret of PM staying fit to work tirelessly. He added that yoga practice is a solution to various ailments, including depression, caused by the modern sedentary lifestyle.
The event was organized by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment jointly with the National Siddha Institute , Chennai. Prof Dr. R. Meenakumari, Director, NIS,
Shri R.K. Verma, Deputy Director General, Directorate General of Light, Houses and Lightships, Noida, Dr. Sanjay Tyagi, Director, Software technology park of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Shri. Karthick Chensundar, Director, Directorate of Lighthouses and Lightships, Chennai and other were present in the event.
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Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Civil Aviation to celebrate International Yoga Day 2022 at Gwalior Fort;
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia to lead the celebration at historic site
Ministry of Civil Aviation will celebrate International Day of Yoga on 21st June 2022, by organizing a massive Yoga demonstration of more than 2,000 people at Gwalior Fort. The event will be inaugurated and led by Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia.
At the initiative of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the United Nations General Assembly took a historic decision in 2014 to declare 21st June as the International Day of Yoga . This worldwide acceptance of Yoga is a matter of pride for our country, as Yoga is an integral part of our nation’s cultural and spiritual heritage.
This year International Day of Yoga is falling in the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” year for which the Ministry of Ayush has planned to observe the International Day of Yoga at 75 iconic locations across India which will also help in branding India on a global scale.
The theme for this year IDY 2022 is “Yoga for Humanity” as it depicts how during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, yoga served the humanity in alleviating the suffering and in the emerging post-COVID geo-political scenario too, bring people together through compassion, kindness, foster a sense of unity and build resilience among people world over.
Common Yoga Protocol, Lecture on Yoga by Experts, Yoga Demonstration will be some of the activities to be undertaken at the event.